---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent real properties; unimproved properties w/in urban redevelopment."
description: "Nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent real properties;unimproved properties within urban redevelopment or revitalizationzone. Allows the nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent propertywhen such property is (i) unimproved, (ii) one-half acre or lessin size, and (iii) located within a designated urban redevelopmentor revitalization zone."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 258"
citation: "Virginia HB 258 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d282dac-b218-4ec3-9ec5-5df09a14ab58"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB258"
source_hash: "9ed0bdd80bc258b584dd55d9ff0ec3dc89e3edf478dfccf16e03d046dc11071c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 258 (2024) — Nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent real properties; unimproved properties w/in urban redevelopment.

Nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent real properties;unimproved properties within urban redevelopment or revitalizationzone. Allows the nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent propertywhen such property is (i) unimproved, (ii) one-half acre or lessin size, and (iii) located within a designated urban redevelopmentor revitalization zone.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0636** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0636)
2. **HB258ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB258ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103546D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB258)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N) — **75–22** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103546D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-14** Impact statement from TAX (HB258)
- **2024-01-16** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-17** Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Read third time and passed House (76-Y 22-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-23** VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N) `passage`
- **2024-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-01-24** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB258ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from TAX (HB258ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 636 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0636)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d282dac-b218-4ec3-9ec5-5df09a14ab58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).